Page 16 of Well Played

My mind swirled as I parted my legs wider, words tumbling from my lips. “Please, please, can I come, Solace. Please–” I gasped at another slap, this one softer, more playful.

“Rub against me,” he ordered. “Show me how much you want it.”

I whimpered, arching up to push myself against his fingers.There. That spot, right freakingthere.“Oh, God,” I cried, working my hips frantically. “Please, Solace,” I gasped, tipping my head back, needing his mouth on mine.

His gaze bore into mine as his hand drifted away. “No.”

I froze, mid-air hump. “What?”

“No.” His smile was full of sin and an edge of cruelty I'd seen there before. “Fuck, girl. I might love you, but last night hurt. Today you ache for me, and tonight we fix this. Is that understood?”

I stared up at him, remembering his pledge that first night we walked to the bus together.

I’ll teach you denial. How to cry for me.

As if called upon, a single tear dripped free from the corner of my eye. Satisfaction lit his face as he leaned down and licked it up.

“Fuck, you taste good,” he murmured, finally caving and giving me the kiss I needed, holding my legs open but not touching me. “Tonight, beautiful. I promise. We will work this through together, okay?”

I nodded, sobbing out a gasp as he traced the marks he left on my inner thighs. “You won’t let me change or wear tights will you?” I asked, already knowing the answer and dreading it.

“No.” That same smile played at the corners of his lips, possessive. Obsessive. “You are mine, beautiful. Now they’ll know it.” He straightened my seat, winding my seatbelt around me and tucked my hair tenderly behind my ears, all the while tracing the marks he left on me.

“So goddamn beautiful.”

Somewhere in my heart, a warmth replaced the ache left there by fear so long ago. It was like if he kept saying it, I might actually start believing him.

6

SOLACE

The moment we parked out front of the Chimeras home building, I knew today was going to be all sorts of fucked up. Hux’s head wave in my direction gave me advance warning, and I knew I screwed up by skipping practice. But when his gaze dropped to focus on Hallie, my happy moment dissipated.

“Wait here,” I murmured, leaving her at my car, watching me with a frown as I jogged across the parking lot to meet Hux halfway. “Sorry I missed this morning Cap,” I greeted him. “Had some shit to tidy up.”

We didn’t often get to call in a freebie, and it'd been years since I used one.

He rolled his shoulders. “Not about you.”

I glanced over his shoulder at the door where Janelle had been loitering for the last week. “Where’s your side piece?”

He shook his head. “Story for another time. Take her away for the day. Don’t let her in.” He glanced past me, his face tightening. “Fuck.”

I looked over my shoulder at my car with no Hallie beside it. She must have headed around the back. I’d catch her in a second. “Damn. What’s up?”

He passed over his phone. I scrolled through the photos, my gut tightening. Hallie and me in the sponsor’s office earlier in the week, fighting. My hand between her legs. Her head tipped back, bliss written across her face. Hell, the sight thickened my cock. Any other time I’d give into my own pleasure, but not like this. The next were at the gym, and I knew what they’d show.

“The fuck took these?”

Hux rolled his shoulders. “Dunno. We have a security issue, for sure. But man, her job’s gone.”

I stared at him, horror bringing my breakfast back up. Tossing his phone into his chest I turned on my heel, sprinting to the back of the building, but she was already inside.

“Hallie,” I yelled. “Hallie!”

I headed for the kitchen, but changed my mind when I remembered I’d had her thermos refilled at a local cafe before she got up. She wouldn’t need it. Pivoting on my heel I aimed for the office and knew what I'd find before I got there. Because I had a horrifying, sudden understanding of what happened, why she was so upset with me yesterday.

I gripped the office door and yanked it open to find the WAGS clustered around her, but the pictures weren’t displayed on phones like I suspected. No, they’d taken it a step further.

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